Of all the Britpop bands that flirted with politics, we would have guessed that maybe Pulp or possibly Oasis would have made the boldest prediction about the future.
However, it turns out that Tim Burgess, frontman of The Charlatans, probably had the best insight into what 2019 would be like and, unfortunately for us, he was scarily accurate.
In a tweet posted on November 9, 2015, Burgess predicted that in the future Trump would be president and Boris Johnson would be prime minister and they would both talk to each other from their different types of pools.
Sometime in the future: President Trump sits in his marble jacuzzi, talking via video link to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his ball pool— Tim Burgess (@Tim Burgess) 1447068209
50 per cent of Burgess's tweet has so far come true. All he needs now is for Johnson to win the Tory leadership contest and he'll have the full set. We can't comment on the jacuzzi or ball pool.
Given the recent goings on in British and global politics, this tweet has now reemerged and everyone made the same joke.
There’ll be more people at Glastonbury than will be deciding on who our next prime minister is— Bands FC (@Bands FC) 1561553305
@Tim_Burgess You got the lottery numbers for this week?— Betsy McBotty Basset 🏴 (@Betsy McBotty Basset 🏴) 1561452412
@Tim_Burgess You were right all along Tim! And to think; people called you a charlatan.— Pól Mac Aodhagáin (@Pól Mac Aodhagáin) 1561439749
@Tim_Burgess Definitely not a charlatan.— 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜 ⌬ 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚕 (@𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜 ⌬ 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚕) 1561454395
Should have called your band The Clairvoyants, mate https://t.co/IqLu3KpruX— Chris Schilling (@Chris Schilling) 1561468933
Tim, can I borrow the sports almanac? I promise I'll be careful. https://t.co/K3ko4IYbrj— Hugh Howey (@Hugh Howey) 1561454166
@Tim_Burgess Any relation? https://t.co/NeWYVt9X4T— Peter Guy (@Peter Guy) 1561413454
Burgess has since responded to the tweet, stating that it was supposed to be a joke but now it is real life (almost).
What was meant to be a joke in 2015 is actual real life in 2019 https://t.co/p0wdBDggL8— Tim Burgess (@Tim Burgess) 1561412572
HT NME